Pencil-holder.



N0. 637,889. Patented Nov. 28, I899.

L. A. & W. H. PARKER.

PENCIL HOLDER.

(Application filed Mar. 31, 1899.) (No Model.)

TORS

M Allarney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LINETTE A. PARKER, OF TISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WILLIAM H.

" PARKER, OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,889, dated November28, 1899.

. Application filed March 31, 1899. Serial No. 711,313. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LINETTE A. PARKER, residing at West Tisbury, in thecounty of Dukes, State of Massachusetts, and WILLIAM H. PARKER, residingat Hampton, county of Elizabeth City, State of Virginia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in pencil-holders, the objectbeing to provide a simple, neat, and inexpensive device capable of beingreadily attached to or detached from a book-cover and when in'itsoperative or normal condition is designed to support a pencil in aconvenient position where it is readily accessible for marking passagesin the book or for making notes.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts,as will behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a View of the blank from which the holder is formed. Fig. 6 isa View of a blank of a modified form of pencil-holder. Fig. 7 .is abottom plan view of a modification. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of same.Fig. 9 is a detached view of the pin. Fig. 10 is a sectional View on thelines as ocof Fig. 7. Fig. 11 is an end view. Fig. 12 is a view of themodified form applied to a book-cover; and Fig. 13 is a similar view,the pencil-holders being shown in a different position.

A represents the blank, from which our improved pencil-holder isconstructed. This blank is made of any suitable spring metal, and itconsists of a body portion 1, provided with a spring tongue 2, struckfrom one side thereof, and a pair of partially-severed end sections 3 3,the points of juncture between the latter and body 1 being preferablylocated to one side of the longitudinal center of said body, so thatwhen the latter is bent or upset upon itself to form the clampingjaws Land 5 the said end sections 3 3 will be entirely carried by the jaw 5,or that section of body 1 with which tongue 2 is integral.

The pencil-holder shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 may be formed from theblank above described by first bending body 1 upon itself to form theclamping-jaws 4 and 5, then bending the free end of spring-tongueupwardly or toward jaw 4, and finally by bending the end sections 3 3downwardly and in the arc of a circle, the free ends of the spring-clipsthus formed being bent slightly outwardly to permit of the easyintroduction of the pencil. The pencil-holder thus formed may be easilyand quickly attached to a book by simply placing one of the side edgesof the cover between the jaws l and 5 and pushing the holder toward theback of the book until said edge comes in contact with the closed end ofthe jaws, the holder being held against accidental displacement by thecombined spring action of jaws 4. and 5 and tongue 2.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the spring-actuated clips 66 rest in front of the front edge or coucaved portion of the book andare so disposed with relation to the side edges of the cover thereofthat the pen-' oil 7 may be readily inserted and withdrawn from saidclips.

The blank shown in Fig. (i is also constructed from suitable springmetal and is provided with a spring-tongue 8 and an oppositely-disposedsmaller spring-tongue 9, on either side of which latter is formed aspring-lip 10. Before the blank is bent upon itself to form the jaws 11and 12 the lips 10 are bent approximately at right angles to the blank,so that when the latter is bent upon itself bearings for shaft or pin 13are provided. This pin or shaft is provided at its outer ends withspring-clips 14. 14, which are preferably soldered thereto, and isadapted to be partially rotated in its bearing. The shaft or pin is alsoprovided with two flat surfaces 15, located at diametrically oppositepoints and at such points between the ends of said shaft or pin as to beengaged by the free end of spring-tongue 9, the remaining surface ofsaid shaft being preferably round in order to facilitate its partialrotation. By means of these flat surfaces 15 the spring-clips 14B 14,carried by shaft or pin 13, may be locked in two positions, as shown inFigs. 12 and 13, respectively, thus permitting the pencil to besupported either above the cover or in front of the book, as shown inFig. 1. This construction of holder is attached to a book in the manneralready set forth and is retained thereon by means of the spring actionof tongue 8, which in this instance is formed in the upper jaw 11.

Either of the pencil-holders described may be readily removed from abook by simply pulling outwardly thereon.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. As a new article of manufacture, apencil-holder consisting of a clamp comprising two jaws adapted toembrace the cover of a book, one of said jaws being provided with aspring for exerting pressure against one surface of saidcover andspring-clips disposed at the respective ends of said clamp, the saidspring-clips being open at their outer ends for the ready introductionand removal of a pencil, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pencil-holder, consisting of apair of jaws adapted to em brace the cover of a book, a pin mounted torotate in the closed end of said jaws, and spring-clips secured on theends of said shaft, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a penoil-holder, consisting of apair of jaws adapted to embrace the cover of a book, one of said jawsbeing provided with a spring-tongue, a pin mounted to rotate in theclosed end of said jaws, said pin being provided with oppositely-locatedflat surfaces for engaging the free end of said spring-tongue andspringclips carried by the outer ends of said pin, substantially as setforth.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a pencil-holder, consisting of apair of jaws adapted to embrace the cover of a book, one of said jawsbeing provided with a spring-tongue for engaging one face of said cover,the opposite jaw being provided with a tongue and a pair of lips, thelatter forming a. bearing for a shaft or pin, a shaft or pin havingoppositelylocated flat faces adapted to be engaged by the last-mentionedtongue, and a pair of spring-clips secured to the outer ends of saidshaft or pin, substantially as set forth.

LINETTE A. PARKER. \VILLIAM H. PARKER.

Witnesses as to signature of Linette A. Parker:

JEAN H. BROWN, MARGARET KENREICH. Witnesses as to signature of WilliamH. Parker:

L. R. MINER, RICHARD RILEY.

